Re: Sydney Bicycle accident

"Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Swerving and stopping in front of a group of cyclists, then leaving the

>> scene of the resulting accident, is not only illegal, but extremely
poor 
>> form.
>
> It depends entirely on the cir***stances.

**Indeed. An engine fault is not a situation which calls for endangering
the 
lives of 50 cyclists. It is a situation which calls for the driver to
allow 
the vehicle to slow, whilst looking for an op****tunity to get off the road

SAFELY.

>
> It's been re****ted that the guy in question suffered a mechanical fault 
> and had to stop in a hurry,

**Yeah, sounded like he was coached well by his lawyer to me too. Can you 
think of an engine fault which requires such emergency action, such that
the 
lives of 50 people were put at risk? Hell, he (allegedly) re-started
quickly 
enough, so he could flee the scene. Smells like bull**** to me.

 and after a bike or 6 ran into him he left when it
> became clear that he wasn't popular amongst the pack of 50 or so
cyclists.

**Gee, I wonder why? He swerved in front of them, placing their lives at 
risk.

>
> If that's what happened (and we should bear in mind that this account of

> events carries no more or less weight than any other), then the poor
form 
> lays entirely at the feet of the bike riders.

**They weren't Hell's Angel bikers, for ****'s sake. They were cyclists. 
Come to think of it: It is a shame he didn't pull the same stunt in front
of 
a group of Hell's Angels. I suspect the police would be investigating an 
entirely different scenario. Chalk outlines and all that.

Trevor Wilson